The second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections launched in 2019 may include state-owned enterprises
Publishdate：2018-12-29 Views：15
On December 28th, at a press conference of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Liu Changgen, Executive Deputy Director of the Central Ecological Environment Protection Inspection Office, introduced that starting from 2019, it will take about three years to complete the second round of routine inspections of central ecological environment protection. The scope of inspections will be appropriately expanded, and relevant departments and central enterprises will be selected as inspection targets as appropriate.
In May and October 2018, the central ecological and environmental protection inspection team conducted two batches of "looking back" inspections on 20 provinces across the country, focusing on the rectification of feedback issues in the first round of inspections. They strictly investigated and dealt with formalism and bureaucracy in the ecological and environmental protection field, such as perfunctory rectification, superficial rectification, pretended rectification, and "knife cutting", and made progress in consolidating the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of local party committees and governments.
In 2018, two batches of central ecological and environmental inspections received a total of 96755 reports from the public, and after merging duplicate reports, 75781 cases were transferred to local authorities. As of December 20th, the majority of public reports have been completed, of which 43486 have been ordered to rectify; 11286 cases were filed and punished, with a fine of 1.020 billion yuan; 778 cases were investigated and 722 people were detained for administrative and criminal purposes; Interviewed 5787 people, held 8644 accountable, and directly promoted the resolution of over 70000 ecological and environmental issues around the people.
In addition, the inspection team not only timely disclosed the overall arrangement of "looking back" and required local authorities to publicly disclose the situation of monitoring and improving at the same time, but also improved the working mechanism of monitoring, rectifying, and disclosing at the same time. In response to prominent ecological and environmental issues discovered during the "looking back" inspection, the team promptly made them public. Two batches of "looking back" have released 103 typical cases, pointing out existing problems, analyzing the underlying reasons and responsibilities, effectively transmitting pressure, and forcing rectification and implementation.
"However, China's ecological and environmental problems are very complex, and the long-term accumulated contradictions and problems need to be digested and solved through a process, which cannot be solved overnight." Liu Changgen introduced that some areas' development concepts have not yet changed, and the relationship between development and protection is not handled properly; Some places are accustomed to the past practices, procrastinating when possible, just getting by without really focusing on practical work, and not engaging in real confrontation. Formalism and bureaucracy are more common issues in ecological environment governance.
In response, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that in the next step, efforts will be made to address prominent ecological and environmental issues, improve ecological and environmental quality, and promote high-quality development. And make progress in consolidating the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of local party committees and governments, continuously promoting the in-depth development of ecological and environmental protection supervision.
Meanwhile, Liu Changgen also revealed at the press conference that the second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections is about to be launched. Specifically, starting from 2019, it will take about three years to complete the second round of routine inspections on central ecological and environmental protection, and then another year to complete the second round of inspections, continuously consolidating the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction and ecological and environmental protection.
Liu Changgen stated that in the second round of inspections, the scope of inspections will be appropriately expanded, and relevant departments and central enterprises will be selected as inspection targets depending on the situation. At the same time, we will continue to explore innovative inspection methods and increase the application of technologies such as satellite remote sensing, infrared recognition, drones, and big data.
"The second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections will closely monitor the implementation of rectification measures, and will not let go of key issues until they are thoroughly resolved," Liu Changgen said. (End)
On December 28th, at a press conference of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Liu Changgen, Executive Deputy Director of the Central Ecological Environment Protection Inspection Office, introduced that starting from 2019, it will take about three years to complete the second round of routine inspections of central ecological environment protection. The scope of inspections will be appropriately expanded, and relevant departments and central enterprises will be selected as inspection targets as appropriate.
In May and October 2018, the central ecological and environmental protection inspection team conducted two batches of "looking back" inspections on 20 provinces across the country, focusing on the rectification of feedback issues in the first round of inspections. They strictly investigated and dealt with formalism and bureaucracy in the ecological and environmental protection field, such as perfunctory rectification, superficial rectification, pretended rectification, and "knife cutting", and made progress in consolidating the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of local party committees and governments.
In 2018, two batches of central ecological and environmental inspections received a total of 96755 reports from the public, and after merging duplicate reports, 75781 cases were transferred to local authorities. As of December 20th, the majority of public reports have been completed, of which 43486 have been ordered to rectify; 11286 cases were filed and punished, with a fine of 1.020 billion yuan; 778 cases were investigated and 722 people were detained for administrative and criminal purposes; Interviewed 5787 people, held 8644 accountable, and directly promoted the resolution of over 70000 ecological and environmental issues around the people.
In addition, the inspection team not only timely disclosed the overall arrangement of "looking back" and required local authorities to publicly disclose the situation of monitoring and improving at the same time, but also improved the working mechanism of monitoring, rectifying, and disclosing at the same time. In response to prominent ecological and environmental issues discovered during the "looking back" inspection, the team promptly made them public. Two batches of "looking back" have released 103 typical cases, pointing out existing problems, analyzing the underlying reasons and responsibilities, effectively transmitting pressure, and forcing rectification and implementation.
"However, China's ecological and environmental problems are very complex, and the long-term accumulated contradictions and problems need to be digested and solved through a process, which cannot be solved overnight." Liu Changgen introduced that some areas' development concepts have not yet changed, and the relationship between development and protection is not handled properly; Some places are accustomed to the past practices, procrastinating when possible, just getting by without really focusing on practical work, and not engaging in real confrontation. Formalism and bureaucracy are more common issues in ecological environment governance.
In response, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment stated that in the next step, efforts will be made to address prominent ecological and environmental issues, improve ecological and environmental quality, and promote high-quality development. And make progress in consolidating the ecological and environmental protection responsibilities of local party committees and governments, continuously promoting the in-depth development of ecological and environmental protection supervision.
Meanwhile, Liu Changgen also revealed at the press conference that the second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections is about to be launched. Specifically, starting from 2019, it will take about three years to complete the second round of routine inspections on central ecological and environmental protection, and then another year to complete the second round of inspections, continuously consolidating the political responsibility of ecological civilization construction and ecological and environmental protection.
Liu Changgen stated that in the second round of inspections, the scope of inspections will be appropriately expanded, and relevant departments and central enterprises will be selected as inspection targets depending on the situation. At the same time, we will continue to explore innovative inspection methods and increase the application of technologies such as satellite remote sensing, infrared recognition, drones, and big data.
"The second round of central ecological and environmental protection inspections will closely monitor the implementation of rectification measures, and will not let go of key issues until they are thoroughly resolved," Liu Changgen said. (End)
